Plow or cultivator handle.



No. 7||,975. Patented 0ct.'28, I902.

.1. a. JOHNSON.

PLOW 0Rv GULT-IVATOB HANDLE.

(Application filed July 5, 1902.)

(.No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN G. JOHNSON, OF GORDON, PENNSYLVANIA.

PLOW-OR CULTIVATOR HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 711,975, dated October28, 1902. Application filed July 5,1902. Serial No. 114,507. (No model.)

To all whont it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN G. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Gordon, in the county of Schuylkill and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plowor Cultivator Handles, of which the following is a specification.

The purpose of this invention is the provision'of handles speciallyadapted for plows, cultivators, and like agricultural implementsmanipulated by hand when in operation, which will be light, strong, anddurable, and combine all the advantages of the ordinary Wooden handlesand the strength of metal.

In accordance with this invention the handles are composed of metal andwood, the grips being of wood and the remaining portion of metal. Thisconstruction obviates the objectionable feature of metal grips and CODI-bines all the advantages of metal handles and wooden grips.

The invention consists of the novel features and details of constructionwhich hereinafter will be more particularly set forth, illustrated, andfinally claimed.

In the drawings hereto attached and forming a part of the specification,Figure 1 is a perspective view of a combined plow and cultivatorequipped with handles embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview of the handles detached from the beam or implement and inverted.Fig. 3 is a detail view, partly in section, showing the manner ofattaching a grip to the cross-bar and to a handle-bar.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters. I

The implement illustrated is typical of the class of machines for whichthe invention is designed and is a plow or cultivator of ordinaryconstruction, the handles being connected to the beam 1 in the usualway-that is, by being bolted thereto; The handles comprise the bars 2,grips 3, and cross-bar 4. The handle-bars 2 are of metal, being of Lform in transverse section,whereby they are braced against vertical andlateral stress. The grips 3 are of wood and their outer ends are curvedand rounded in the accustomed way and their inner ends are of angularformation to snugly fit in the angle formed between the wings of therespective handle-bars 2. The inner ends of the grips are secured to theouter ends of the handle-bars, preferably by being bolted to thevertical or side wings, as shown at 5. The cross-bar 4 has its ends letinto transverse openings bored laterally through the inner end portionsof the grips 3, wedges 6 being driven into clefts in the ends of thecross-bar, so as to spread the same-and insure firm connection betweenthe cross-bar and grips. move outward, because they are confined by thevertical or side flanges of the handle-bars, and said flanges alsoconceal the outer ends of the cross-bar and prevent any moisture findingits way into the bores or openings into which the ends of the cross-barsare fitted,

- this being of vital importance to the lightness and period ofusefulness of the handles.

Wooden grips do not sweat the hands or cause the annoyance anddiscomfort resulting from metal grips, and by having the handle-bars 2constructed of L-beams lightness and durability result.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- Handlesfor agricultural implements comprising wooden grips having transversebores or openings therethrough, a cross-bar having its end portionsfitted in said openings,wedges driven into 'clefts in the outer ends ofsaid cross-bar, and -metal handle-bars of L form in transverse sectionsecured to the inner end portions of the grips to confine the wedges andconceal the outer endsof said cross-bar and the outer ends of theopenings into which the terminals of said cross-bar are fitted,substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN G. JOHNSON. [L. s.]

Witnesses: 1

THOMAS C. MCANDREW, GEORGE J. J OHNSON.

The wedges cannot work loose and

